Review of the literature on the toxicity of rare-earth metals as it pertains to the engineering demonstration system surrogate testing. Revision 1.

摘要

Considerable data on the toxicology of the rare-earth metals and their compounds via oral ingestion or injection have been collected from animal studies at relatively high exposure levels. This report includes a general introduction to the rare-earth elements, data reviews on the toxicity of the rare earths from animal studies and the relatively rare occurrences of harmful human exposure, precautions for worker protection that should be taken with use of these materials, and scientific data with EDS operations. 38 refs., 7 tabs.